Online Book Talk – Mind, Body & Soul in “Shadow Life” by Hiromi Goto

Join Professor Kathy Whitham for an online conversation with Japanese Canadian author Hiromi Goto to discuss aging, mortality, intersectionality, independence, body positivity, friendship, living life to the fullest, and other themes in her delightful graphic novel Shadow Life. Professor Whitham will lead an author interview, followed by Q&A.

• • Starts:
  • May 16, 2023
• • Ends:
  • May 16, 2023
• • Time Detail:
  • 4:30 - 6:30pm (PST)
• • Learning Format:
  • Online
• • Location details:
  • This program will be held on Zoom. Participants will receive a link to join the day before the event.
• • Type of Course:
  • Book & Film Groups
• • Offered to:
  • All States
• • Registration and Info:

  • About Shadow Life

    Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. Shadow Life won the 2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award for Adult Fiction, and was nominated for the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards– Graphic Novel category, for the LA Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel category, and included in the NYPL Best Books of 2021 Comics category.